⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 19-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Gary Payton double technical foul
Q2 0:29 · MIA 40-37 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q3 2:47 · MIA 56-64 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q4 3:23 · MIA 70-91 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 13 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
